I was going to talk about my biker years but like everything else in life, things change. So let me first say, I don’t look at this as my story, since a story is something that has a beginning, middle and an end. With life and fitness there really is no end. There’s just a beginning and with ups and downs as well as some really cool adventures. I want to keep this to my fitness journey and things related, as I already started to do.
Now, you know a little of my back ground leading up to this. It was late in the year 2009 after I quit smoking. When Hurricane Ike blew through Texas, I blew out my last puff. I knew about the “Gaining Weight” thing when a person stops smoking, but I figured I could handle it. By the start of summer, 2010, I had gone from 230 pounds to almost 310 pounds. Even at almost 6’2” that was way too much. My knees were quickly becoming weak, hurting a lot and not wanting to support my weight. All the garbage I did over the years without taking care of myself was finally taking its toll. Doctors said being as bow legged as I was, added to the cartilage break down and I should think about using a walker or at least a cane to help me get around. Oh What do they know!?
After that, my health went straight downhill as did my attitude. I really used the biker mindset of “DILLIGAF” it’s a biker word. I didn’t fully realize all I had done however, until one day when I woke up. I was hurting as usual and blaming it on a bad mattress. As I got up out of bed it suddenly hit me, the floor! My knees gave out and down I went. My mind started replaying all those warnings from people telling me to be careful and watch what I do cuz when I get older it will catch up with me. Of course, being young at that time I had all the answers and knew that stuff happened to other people, not me. I figured I could beat the odds like I did on so many other things. I just kept doing what I wanted, when I wanted and how I wanted. Today that was all about to change. As you know, I’ve always been a very powerful man, and loved amazing people by carrying or lifting things, such as a car engine out of a car. So, as for my size, I just figured it came with the life style of being strong. You know, like the power lifters you see on television. They don’t exactly look like Tony Horton.
So, by not paying attention, listening or realizing it, my knees had become very bad from all of that heavy lifting, tripping over things, falling, getting hit with a sledge hammer, getting wrapped by a tow chain and so on. Even though stairs were becoming a challenge and ladders made me cry when I had to climb one, I figured this was just normal for getting old, like so many people had told me. I was just fooling myself though to justify my life. Add to it all the weight I gained now, and the physical toll just got a lot higher. Now, the stress and negativity that I had was spilling over to also affect my relationship and entire life, both at and away from work. At first, of course, I believed it was everyone else that had the problem not me, I was fine! Things just kept getting worse for me, so I started to look hard at my life. All I could find was every little thing I’ve ever done wrong and just wanted to cry. I couldn’t think of one thing positive. I was at the point that when I drove by myself I didn’t care if a truck ran into me or my car blew up or if my bike spun out! I started to believe that so many people would be better off without me if something did happen. I even started to take the blame for everything that was wrong, whether it was my fault or not, didn’t matter. I was sure that somehow everyone else’s problems were my fault. I actually started to look at counseling or finding a shrink to talk to. What I did instead, was pray. I asked God for guidance and what the plan is. This just couldn’t have been God’s plan for me to end up this way.
I decided to make an appointment with a doctor and get a checkup. The findings were that my knees were shot (already knew that) and I was a walking heart attack, from all the stress and weight gain. I now found myself at ground 0 and I had to make a choice. I had tried diets in the past and used home workout equipment to keep somewhat in shape during my early years. But like with most people, that equipment ended up collecting dust and past on in a yard sale. I never kept going with it or did the “Maintenance” thing, I was fine! Looking back, perhaps this could have all been avoided if I just continued the workouts. But no, I knew better, so there I was, knees are shot, back is always hurting, and can’t even tie my shoes if my pants are zipped up. I had to do something or join the old folk’s walker brigade. Thus, my journey really began!
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